Kingston Russell Stone Circle

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Kingston Russell Stone Circle, also known as the Gorwell Circle, is a stone circle located between the villages of Abbotsbury and Littlebredy in the south-western English county of Dorset. Archaeologists believe that it was likely erected during the Bronze Age. The Kingston Russell ring is part of a tradition of stone circle construction that spread throughout much of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, over a period between 3,300 and 900 BCE. The purpose of such monuments is unknown, although archaeologists speculate that they were likely religious sites, with the stones perhaps having supernatural associations for those who built the circles. ()

Coordinates: 50°41'19"N, 2°35'56"W

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Nearby attractions include: Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens, St Catherine's Chapel, Bennetts Water Gardens, Hardy Monument.

1.9 miSW
Garden, Park
Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens, Abbotsbury
50 min walk • The Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens is a visitor attraction near the village of Abbotsbury, Dorset, southern England. They are Grade I listed in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
1.9 miS
Historical place, Church, Gothic architecture
St Catherine's Chapel, Abbotsbury
49 min walk • St Catherine's Chapel is a small chapel situated on a hill above the village of Abbotsbury in Dorset, England. It is dedicated to Saint Catherine. It is now in the guardianship of English Heritage, and became a Grade I listed building in 1956. The chapel is also scheduled together with the field systems and quarries on the hill.
6.7 miSE
Museum, Nature and wildlife, Garden
Bennetts Water Gardens, Weymouth
171 min walk • Bennetts Water Gardens is an 8-acre garden in Chickerell, near Weymouth, Dorset, in southern England. It holds national and international collections of water lilies which flower from late May through to September.
2.2 miE
Monuments and statues, Memorial
Hardy Monument, Dorchester
56 min walk • The Hardy Monument is a 72-foot-high monument on the summit of Black Down in Dorset, erected in 1844 by public subscription in memory of Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy, flag captain of Admiral Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar.
2.3 miS
Nature and wildlife, Park
Abbotsbury Swannery, Abbotsbury
60 min walk • Abbotsbury Swannery is the only managed colony of nesting mute swans in the world. It is situated near the village of Abbotsbury in Dorset, England, 14 kilometres west of Weymouth on a 1-hectare site around the Fleet Lagoon protected from the weather of Lyme Bay by Chesil Beach. The colony can number over 600 swans with around 150 pairs.
1.7 miS
Monastery
Abbotsbury Abbey, Abbotsbury
43 min walk • Abbotsbury Abbey, dedicated to Saint Peter, was a Benedictine monastery in the village of Abbotsbury in Dorset, England. The abbey was founded in the 11th century by King Cnut's thegn Orc and his wife Tola, who handsomely endowed the monastery with lands in the area.
2.6 miNE
Archaeological site
Nine stones
67 min walk • The Nine Stones, also known as the Devil's Nine Stones, the Nine Ladies, or Lady Williams and her Dog, is a stone circle located near to the village of Winterbourne Abbas in the southwestern English county of Dorset.
2.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Black Down
54 min walk • Black Down is a hill on the South Dorset Ridgeway about 2 kilometres north-northeast of the village of Portesham in the county of Dorset, England and around 5 kilometres from the coast.
1.5 miSW
Forts and castles
Abbotsbury Castle, Abbotsbury
40 min walk • Abbotsbury Castle is an Iron Age hill fort in south west Dorset, England, situated on Wears Hill above the village of Abbotsbury, seven miles west of Dorchester and the famous hill fort at Maiden Castle.
1.4 miSE
Archaeological site
Hampton Down Stone Circle
36 min walk • The Hampton Down Stone Circle is a stone circle located near to the village of Portesham in the south-western English county of Dorset. Archaeologists believe that it was likely erected during the Bronze Age.
2.5 miW
Village
West Bexington
65 min walk • West Bexington is a village in south-west Dorset, England, sited just behind the Chesil Beach about 6 miles southeast of Bridport. It forms part of the civil parish of Puncknowle. The coast here is part of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site.